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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alex remarks at the museum that she is how old "and single" (7) in the narrative present?
(a) 41.
(b) 32.
(c) 36.
(d) 29.

2. How many hours in advance of the author's medical appointment must he call to choose a method of sedation?
(a) 24.
(b) 36.
(c) 48.
(d) 72.

3. How old is the unnamed narrator in narrative present?
(a) 42.
(b) 33.
(c) 38.
(d) 27.

4. How old is the third-grader named Roberto?
(a) 9.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

5. How many days after the author's medical procedure does he receive a phone call about his abnormal X-ray telling him to see a neurologist?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 9.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alex and the unnamed narrator "had not become best friends until [they] found [themselves] almost neighbors in" (7) which borough?

2. Liza tells the author that he would save how many dollars by opting for local anesthesia?

3. The scene at the bar in Part Two: The Golden Vanity transitions to a scene in which the author appears to speak with which character?

4. In what magazine was the section of the text entitled Part Two: The Golden Vanity originally published as a short story?

5. The unnamed narrator receives an email from Natali saying that her husband had hurt what part of his body in a fall?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Roberto and what are his concerns about the world?

2. Describe Natali and Bernard's accomplishments in the literary world.

3. In what location does Alex ask the unnamed narrator to provide the sperm that will create her child and what is significant about her lack of eye contact in this moment?

4. Name and discuss one theme presented within 10:04's epigraph.

5. What injury lands Bernard in the hospital and what role do Natali and Bernard then ask the unnamed narrator to fulfill?

6. Who is Alena?

7. What does the gaslight lamp symbolize within the short story "The Golden Vanity"?

8. Discuss an instance when Lerner uses a simile to provide a vivid image of the setting in "The Golden Vanity."

9. What event have the unnamed narrator and his agent just been celebrating when the novel opens, and why is the occasion bittersweet for the unnamed narrator?

10. What action by the author comprises the tender moment he experiences with Liza in a taxi in Part Two: The Golden Vanity?

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